Example sentences of "but i [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew that absurder things had happened in America and Britain — and in Spain . |
| 2 | Er , can I say that it 's been a great pleasure coming er , to you and to say that erm that there 's far more to say , of course , about Canberra er , but I hope that that taster will help you to try and appreciate what went on there . |
| 3 | I accept that it is conditional on the decision to participate in a single currency , but I hope that Conservative Members have noted that the necessity of an independent central bank to such a system is accepted by the Government and other member states . |
| 4 | ‘ But I realised that one day I might not be so lucky . |
| 5 | but I realised that big weight losses often happen to very overweight people at the beginning of their diets , so I did n't expect to continue at anything like that pace . |
| 6 | ‘ But I said that all matters relating to players were Trevor Francis 's domain . |
| 7 | True , four track is a mite limiting , but I imagine that live performance was again uppermost in Roland 's mind here . |
| 8 | But I know that one day she 'll meet someone who 's worthy of her . |
| 9 | I showed the article to my wife — a mathematician — and asked her to remind me about ‘ eigen analysis of the covariance matrix [ z ] ’ etc , but I gather that such analysis is not exactly commonplace or entirely obvious ! |
| 10 | All my furlough tickets are LNER , but I assume that other companies issued them . |
| 11 | Axelrod had already begun to think in ESS terms , but I felt that this tendency was so important that I wrote to him suggesting that he should get in touch with W. D. Hamilton , who was then , though Axelrod did n't know it , in a different department of the same university , the University of Michigan . |
| 12 | Such methods can help individuals gain greater personal insight , but I doubt that individual insight , personality matching , or even exercises in group dynamics can produce much in the way of organizational change or an overall improvement in leadership effectiveness . |
| 13 | I support the Bill because it seeks to address a serious problem , but I believe that that problem is greater than it appears to be . |
| 14 | Of the other contributors , some expressed outrage , some were more optimistic , but I believe that these views of Cornall , Lawton and Hewlett typically reflected professional concerns of curriculum developers and teachers , especially those grappling with the persistent problems of how to implant enlightened ideas into a traditional subject-based curriculum . |
| 15 | Action was promised as the minister said , in October nineteen ninety two by the former chancellor when the Bingham report was published , but I believe that these proposals are under the bear minimum requested by Bingham and they hardly live up er to the er minister 's announcement at the beginning of his speech . |
| 16 | It 's now , it 's still only about five per cent , but I think that that proportion is growing and I think this is something universities would welcome very much . |
| 17 | But I think that contemporary interpretations of Dicey as a positivist who was concerned to freeze late nineteenth century political principles obscures more than it illuminates . |
| 18 | I think all art to some extent is subjective , but I think that most people would agree that some things are so beautiful that everyone agrees that they are very worthwhile and should n't be destroyed . |
| 19 | I could do with you on my permanent staff — but I think that these articles will hit home , cause a stir , such a stir as Henry Mayhew created some time ago when he , too , wrote of the cabined and confined lives of the capital 's poor . |
| 20 | But I think that last bit got cut — I never saw myself being menacing . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm not really interested in adventures but I understand that some people are and the mag has to cover all topics to please everyone ! |
| 22 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |
| 23 | This latter section is called ‘ Applied Sketching ’ , but I feel that all sketching is applied . |
| 24 | There are plenty of second-hand bargains available but I feel that more honesty and good manners ( on both sides , of course ) are needed ! |
| 25 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 26 | I am not sure which part of South America this comes from but I suspect that this species comes from Brazil . |